WBBSE 10th Class English Solutions Chapter 1 Use of Articles and Prepositions
WBBSE 10th Class English Solutions Chapter 1 Use of Articles and Prepositions
West Bengal Board 10th Class English Solutions Chapter 1 Use of Articles and Prepositions
WBBSE 10th Class English Solutions
WORKED-OUT TEXTUAL EXAMPLES
Insert articles in the following sentences if and where necessary:
Father’s Help
1. Lying in bed, Swami realized with shudder that it was Monday morning. It looked as though only moment ago it was Friday. Already Monday was here.
Ans. Lying in bed, Swami realized with a shudder that it was Monday morning. It looked as though only a moment ago it was Friday. Already Monday was here.
2. At nine o’clock, Swaminathan wailed, “I have headache.”
Ans. At nine o’clock, Swaminathan wailed, “I have a headache.”
3. As he entered school gate, idea occurred to him.
Ans. As he entered the school gate, an idea occurred to him.
4. He would deliver letter to headmaster at end of day.
Ans. He would deliver the letter to the headmaster at the end of the day.
5. There was chance Samuel might do something during course of day to justify letter.
Ans. There was a chance Samuel might do something during the course of the day to justify the letter.
6. “You are half hour late,” Samuel said.
Ans. “You are half an hour late,” Samuel said.
7. Teacher was inspecting home lessons. To Swami’s thinking, this was time when Samuel got most angry.
Ans. The teacher was inspecting the home lessons. To Swami’s thinking, this was the time when Samuel got most angry.
Fable
1. Mountain and squirrel / Had quarrel.
Ans. The Mountain and the squirrel / Had a quarrel
2. And former called latter ‘Little Prig’.
Ans. And the former called the latter ‘Little Prig
3. Neither can you crack nut.
Ans. Neither can you crack a nut.
The Passing Away of Bapu
1. I was having tea at home on evening of 30th January, 1948, when I was called to Birla house by urgent telephone.
Ans. I was having tea at home on the evening of 30th January, 1948, when I was called to Birla house by an urgent telephone.
2. Gandhiji had been shot on his way to prayer meeting. I was numb with shock as I got into car.
Ans. Gandhiji had been shot on his way to a prayer meeting. I was numb with shock as I got into the car.
3. Words of Bapuji’s death had spread through Delhi like flame fanned by wind.
Ans. Words of Bapuji’s death had spread through Delhi like a flame fanned by wind.
4. They calmed little when it was announced that they would be allowed to see Gandhiji before funeral.
Ans. They calmed a little when it was announced that they would be allowed to see Gandhiji before the funeral.
5. This was surely question uppermost in mind of mourning people.
Ans. This was surely the question uppermost in the mind of the mourning people.
My Own True Family
1. Once I crept in oakwood-I was looking for stag.
Ans. Once I crept in an oakwood-I was looking for a stag.
2. They said: “We are oak-trees and your own true family.’
Ans. They said: ‘We are the oak-trees and your own true family.’
3. Unless you make promise now-you are going to die.
Ans. Unless you make a promise now-you are going to die.
4. This was my dream beneath boughs, dream that altered me.
Ans. This was my dream beneath the boughs, the dream that altered me.
5. Ans. My walk was the walk of a human child, but my heart was a tree.
Ans. My walk was walk of human child, but my heart was tree.
Our Runaway Kite
1. Father is keeper of Big Half Moon lighthouse.
Ans. Father is the keeper of the Big Half Moon lighthouse.
2. In winter, when harbour is frozen over, we all move over to mainland.
Ans. In winter, when the harbour is frozen over, we all move over to the mainland.
3. Boy on mainland showed Claude how to make them.
Ans. A boy on the mainland showed Claude how to make them.
4. We took first thing that came handy-old letter lying on bookcase in sitting room.
Ans. We took the first thing that came handy-an old letter lying on the bookcase in the sitting room.
5. We patched kite up with letter, sheet on each side and dried it by fire.
Ans. We patched the kite up with the letter, a sheet on each side and dried it by the fire.
Sea Fever
1. I must go down to seas again, to lonely sea and sky.
Ans. I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky.
2. And all I ask is tall ship and star to steer her by. tall ship and a star to steer
Ans. And all I ask is a her by.
3. I must go down to seas again, for call of running tide / Is wild call and clear call that may not be denied.
Ans. I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide / Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied.
4. And all I ask is windy day with white clouds flying/And flung spray and blown spume, and sea-gulls crying.
Ans. And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying / And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
5. And all I ask is merry yarn from laughing fellow-rover, / And quiet sleep and sweet dream when long trick’s over.
Ans. And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellowrover, / And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.
The Cat
1. To pass time away he sometimes watches mouse-hole for hour or two-just to keep himself from dying of boredom.
Ans. To pass the time away he sometimes watches a mousehole for an hour or two-just to keep himself from dying of boredom.
2. Guest dare not do what he would like to do-kick cat out of window.
Ans. The guest dare not do what he would like to do-kick the cat out of the window.
3. He purrs as he retires to safe distance from guest’s boot before eating his food.
Ans. He purrs as he retires to a safe distance from the guest’s boot before eating his food.
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